Nutrition-reproduction interaction in poultry
Keywords:
poultry, male fertility, spermatogenesis, progeny, nutrition and reproductionAbstract
Recent research regarding nutrition-reproduction interaction in poultry is very limited. Nutrition
is science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other substances in feed in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an animal. The performance of poultry therefore is
largely dependent on their reproductive performance, and there are interactions between reproductive
performance and nutrient status. For optimal reproductive performance in poultry, all the nutrients
which include protein, energy, minerals, fat and oil and vitamins must be met and fed to the birds
using the appropriate feeding method. Previous studies have shown the effects of nutrition on male
and female fertility, spermatogenesis, sperm motility and concentration, egg production, shell quality,
hatchability, internal egg quality and progeny performances etc. Therefore this paper was an attempt
to review the interaction between nutrition and poultry reproduction. The work also reviewed the positive and negative effects of feeding methods, over-feeding and under-feeding of nutrients on poultry
reproduction. Furthermore, this review could also serve as a ready source of literature for researchers
in animal nutrition and nutritional reproductive physiology.
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